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Recommendation to approve the use of Sixth Council District Fiscal Year 2015 one-time infrastructure funds in the amount of $56,000 to fund community improvement and community engagement activities in the Sixth Council District for a one-year period; and
Decrease appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $56,000, and increase appropriations in the General Fund (GP) in the Human Resources Department (HR) by $56,000. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
The Sixth Council District is the proud home of approximately 50,000 residents and is host to many outstanding institutions and public facilities including Long Beach Poly High School, Long Beach City College/Pacific Coast Campus, Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, McBride Park, Chittick Field, and the Mark Twain Library. The District is also rich in culture, due in large part to its ethnic diversity. While there is much to celebrate, there are continuing challenges. These include unemployment, blight, high density, underperiorming business corridors, and a low level of civic engagement on the part of its residents.
City staff has done much to address these challenges in recent years, and progress has been made. However, the available resources are not sufficient to move the community beyond current the status quo. For this reason, I would like to use a portion of the District's FY 15 one-time infrastructure funds, working through the Workforce Development Bureau of the Human Resources Department (Pacific Gateway), to provide a variety of community improvement efforts aimed at reducing unemployment, cultivating small business, mitigating blight (working with Code Enforcement), and increasing community engagement
Your support on this item would be greatly appreciated.
FISCAL IMPACT
A transfer of $56,000 of the Sixth Councit District FY 15 one-time infrastructure funding in the Capital Improvements Fund (CIP) to the General Fund (GP) budget in the Human Resources Departm...
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